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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1911
Page
6
An old Washington society column critiques the capital's social bluffing. It argues diplomats bluff among themselves while women seek society status, entering boarding houses and aspiring to White House dinners. It contrasts ranks from congressmen to cabinet members by wealth and presentation.
Frank Harris argues that Shakespeare could not craft new plots and stories, focusing on enriching characters rather than incidents. He notes the absence of portraits of Burleigh Drake Raleigh Elizabeth Sidney and no mention of forks tobacco or potatoes. Harris suggests Shakespeare was studious and self searching, yet dismissive of his Oxford contemporaries.
An advertisement in the London Express quotes a person awaiting a lover for three hours until questioned by a suspicious policeman. It ends with the line if this is the price of love it is too heavy a burden to pay and farewells Potts.
Antoinette Gazzam, the 83,000,000 heiress, marries Charles B. Galvin, an aqueduct worker and civil engineer from New York City. The couple’s romance followed her search for a soulmate aided by psychics and a publicized animation of affairs with clairvoyants and a divorcing wife, culminating in a honeymoon through Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and then Europe.
The name John is common because 49 days in the Roman calendar honor a Saint John. In Domesday Book William is the top given name, followed by Robert and Walter. Magdalen was once a fairly popular name.
A meditation on ancient wisdom highlights that hatred ends only through love not through further animosity. The quote attributed to Buddha reminds readers that love remains the antidote to hatred across time and cultures.
Secretary of War Dickinson relays a tale of southern Negro lore to illustrate the humorous perspective of Black Americans. Nashville businessman John G. Lethar meets Silas Green, an old worker, who recounts a scaffold accident that left him with injuries but saved him from greater harm due to a pile of bricks.
A six foot eight contortionist explains he was not born into show business but spent fifteen years as a commercial traveler. He says he was compelled to become a contortionist by the discomfort of tiny hotel beds and past impositions.
In a light exchange, Seymour jokes that Wallman has no enemies as neighbors admire him, while Ashley notes Wallman pays dearly for such regard through yearly lawn mower purchases. The banter highlights small town economics and social the warmth of neighbors.
Kenneth F. Junior, M. D., notes in National Geographic Magazine that wealth enables survival and ritual care for Chinese spirits. He argues money drives desperate acts and vengeance through officials, as the poor sell property or even family members to fund rites, though a father would not sacrifice his son.
The general manager asks if quitting would be followed by a 20 percent raise. The worker declines and chooses arbitration. He offers to stay only if ink for his fountain pen is provided.
Extracts from old records show honor rewards in Canterbury England. Ex mayors were granted the freedom of the city for various deeds including serving as cook at Michaelmas feasts, curing another’s leg, and marrying a widow with a large family.
A Harford Maryland farmer devised a local relief from neighborly trespassing fowls. He tied a four inch thread with a grain of corn on one end and a tag reading Please keep me home on the other, placing it where hens trespassed. A score or more birds carried the note home.
The latest telephone invention, the tele vision, lets users see the person they are speaking with. It promises to end the nuisance of unidentified callers by revealing who is on the line.
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